As the spring approaches, more beer festivals will be popping up soon. An upcoming festival worth attending is the first annual Cask Ales Festival fundraiser to benefit The Barton Center for Diabetes Education Campership Program. The fundraiser, organized by Jen Davis and Karl MacDonald, takes place on Saturday, March 26 (3-7 p.m.) at The Mill Roadhouse in Westhampton Beach. The event will feature cask ales from Long Island breweries,...

Reuters (Written by: Diane Bartz) – The U.S. Justice Department is probing allegations that Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) is seeking to curb competition in the beer market by buying distributors, making it harder for fast-growing craft brewers to get their products on store shelves, according to three people familiar with the matter. In the past few months, the world’s largest brewer has rattled the craft beer world by...